Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-05-12
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TEMPERANCE COLUMN
One Standard for Both se,..
BY SAMANTHA ALLEN

josiah Aliens children have bo.,
brought up to think that sin Of am
kind is just as bad in a man as n |,
woman; and any place of amusemen,
that was bad for woman to 90 w. i
bad for man.
Now, when Thomas Jefferson was !. n
little feller, he was bewitched to % II s
circuses, and Josiah said:
Better let him go, Samantha /, #
hain't no place for wimmen or Oil, es
but it won't hurt boy"
Says I, "Josiah Allen, the Lord made
Thomas Jefferson with Jest as pure,
heart rs Tirzah Ann, and no bpop,
ears and eyes, and if Thomas jefferson {.
goes to the circus, Tirzah Ann eos
too.'
That stopped that. And then hewa, 4
bewitched to get with the other bow s
that smoked and chewed tobacco. and &
Josiah was just that easy turn that be &
would have let him go with 'em. Bat
says L:
"Josiah Allen, if Thomas jefferson
goes with those boys and gets to chew.
in and ssnokin' tobacco, l shall buy
Tirxah Ann pipe"
And that stopped that.
''And about drinking" says |, "Thom.
as jefferson. if it should be the will Of
Providence to change you into wild
bear, l will chain you up, and do the
best can by you. But if you ever do
it yourself, turn yourself into a wild
beast by drinking, 1 will run away;for
I never could stand it, neverl And"
I continued, "if ever see you hangin'
round bar-rooms and tavern doors,
Tirzah Ann shall hang, too"
Josiah argued with me. Says he:
"It doesn't look so bad for boy as 1t
does for a girl"
Says l, Custom makes the differ
ence; we are more used to seeing men.
But" says l, "when liquor goes to
work to make fool and a brute of any,
body, it don't stop to ask about sex, it
makes wild beast and idiot of a man
or woman, and to look down from
heaven, guess a man looks as bad ly-
ing dead drunk as woman does"
Says l, "things look differently from
up there than what they do to us-it is
a more slightly place. And you talk
about looks, Josiah Allen, l don't go
on clear looks, go on principle. Will
the Lord say to me IN the last day,
Josiah Aliens wife, how is it with the
soul of TirZah Ami, as for Thom-
as Jetferson's soul. he beln' a boy, it
hain't of no account? No! | shall have
to give an account to him for my deal
ms with both of these souls, male and
female. And should feel guilty if l
brought him up to think that what was
impure for a woman was pure for a
man. If a man has a greater desire to
do wroug-which I won't dispute" /"
says l, lookin' keenly onto Josiah" he
has greater strength to resist tempta-
eAoh. Nhu oo, oayo 4, III uillu <tCCCllto
but firm as old Plymouth Rock. "If
Thomas Jefferson hangs, Tirzah Ann
shall hang too"
Ihave brought Thomas Jefferson up
to think that it was just as bad tor hin
to listen to a bad story or song as for a
girl, or worse, for he had more strength
to run away. and that it was a adisgrace
for him to talk or listen to any stuff
that he would be ashamed to have
Tirzah Ann or me to hear. l have
brought him up to think that manli-
ness didn't consist in having cigar in
his mouth, and his hat on one side, and
swearin' and slang phrases, and a
knowledge of questionable amusements
but in layin' holt of every duty that
comes to him, with brave heart and a
cheerful face; and helping to right the
wrong, and protect the weak, and max
in the most and the best Of the mind
and the soul God had given him. In
short, l have brought him up to think
that purity and virtue are both femin.
inc and masculine. and that Gods
angels are not necessarily all she ones
Selected.